Nimatullah
Nimatullah, also spelled Ni'matullāh, Nematollah etc. (Arabic: نعمة الله) is a male Muslim given name, is used mostly in Arab countries, also used by Arab Christians.
The meaning
Unlike Persian "Nima" - whether used as masculine and usually feminine name - could have been possibly adopted from the neighbouring Arabic noun-adjective "نِعْمَة - ni‘mah / ni‘amah" - basic meaning: "blessing" or other meanings: "abundance; benefaction; beneficence; blessing; boon; favor; grace; kindness", for example, a lesser-composite Muslim masculine name like "نِعْمَةُ ٱلله - Ni‘mat’Ullah / Ni‘amat’Ullah - Blessing of Allah (God)" or a secondary meaning in the following sentence explained. However, this "نِعْمَة - ni‘mah / ni‘amah" denoted and referenced in the Islamic holy book of the Holy Qur'an is meant as "the Favour(s)/ Grace of Allah (God)".
People
- Shah Ni'matullah Wali (1330–1431), Islamic scholar and Sufi poet
- Nimat Allah al-Harawi (fl. 1613-1630), author of a Persian language epic history of the Afghans
- Nimattullah Kassab Al-Hardini (ca. 1808-1858), Lebanese Maronite Catholic saint
- Hajj Nematollah (1871-1919), Kurdish-Persian mystic poet and historian
- Nematollah Nassiri (1911—1979) director of SAVAK, the Iranian intelligence agency
- Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi (1923/24-2006), Iranian cleric
- Nematollah Gorji (1926–2000), Iranian theatre and film actor
- Nematullo Quttiboev (born 1973), Uzbek footballer
- Nematullah Shahrani, Afghan scholar and politician
See also
- Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine, in Mahan, Iran
- Ni'matullāhī, Iranian Sufi order